Radical Republican agenda is wrecking the state

Published: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 03:37 PM.

The Republican ideology is eliminating laws and good government in North Carolina. Our legislature in Raleigh is destroying rather than building. This extreme legislature has rejected expanding Medicaid to 500,000 low wage workers here. This refusal lost the state about 25,000 jobs and funding. They cut unemployment benefits to North Carolinians who have no job and no prospects in a state with over 9 percent unemployment. They have ended the ‘earned income tax credit’ for the working poor and are restricting access to the polls by shortening early voting days and time. The student dependent tax credit is being eliminated for parents whose college-age students register to vote away from their parents’ home. This would cost many parents about $2,500. These measures do not reflect well on North Carolinians.

The legislature has made changes to North Carolina’s boards and commissions. This will cost the state expertise and experience. They will be replaced by those who favor profits over consumer protection. They plan to take over the Charlotte airport against the city’s wishes. Voters will find longer lines because of Voter ID suppression bills. Partisanship will be restored to judicial races because the legislature is ending public financing. They are proposing that judges do not need an attorney’s license or law education to sit on the bench. Another proposal is a resolution that would possibly establish a state religion. The bill’s sponsor has withdrawn this, although it shows the radical agenda at hand.

In the courts the legislature also is repealing the historic “Racial Justice Act”. The first four cases heard under this act showed intentional and documented racism in our judicial system. This act has made our judicial system fairer to minorities.

There must be something in the water in Raleigh. Fracking? Gov. McCrory and his radical legislature will ultimately end up destroying the state’s economy and public education.

We need to be vigilant and protect our state from “ALEC” funded politicians and laws. Our legislators are elected to write laws that move North Carolina forward, not backward.

DIANA MULLERWhitsett

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The Republican ideology is eliminating laws and good government in North Carolina. Our legislature in Raleigh is destroying rather than building. This extreme legislature has rejected expanding Medicaid to 500,000 low wage workers here. This refusal lost the state about 25,000 jobs and funding. They cut unemployment benefits to North Carolinians who have no job and no prospects in a state with over 9 percent unemployment. They have ended the ‘earned income tax credit’ for the working poor and are restricting access to the polls by shortening early voting days and time. The student dependent tax credit is being eliminated for parents whose college-age students register to vote away from their parents’ home. This would cost many parents about $2,500. These measures do not reflect well on North Carolinians.

The legislature has made changes to North Carolina’s boards and commissions. This will cost the state expertise and experience. They will be replaced by those who favor profits over consumer protection. They plan to take over the Charlotte airport against the city’s wishes. Voters will find longer lines because of Voter ID suppression bills. Partisanship will be restored to judicial races because the legislature is ending public financing. They are proposing that judges do not need an attorney’s license or law education to sit on the bench. Another proposal is a resolution that would possibly establish a state religion. The bill’s sponsor has withdrawn this, although it shows the radical agenda at hand.

In the courts the legislature also is repealing the historic “Racial Justice Act”. The first four cases heard under this act showed intentional and documented racism in our judicial system. This act has made our judicial system fairer to minorities.

There must be something in the water in Raleigh. Fracking? Gov. McCrory and his radical legislature will ultimately end up destroying the state’s economy and public education.

We need to be vigilant and protect our state from “ALEC” funded politicians and laws. Our legislators are elected to write laws that move North Carolina forward, not backward.